Ming Zuo

On the sixth day of February, the Shun army arrived at the city of Taiyuan.

Seeing that the Shun army was overwhelming and boundless, all the officials in the city were terrified.

Of course they knew what would happen if they fell into Shunjun's hands, so they hurriedly went to Jin Wang Zhu Qiugui to find a solution.

To put it bluntly, I hope that the king of Jin will pay money to recruit dead men to defend the city and kill thieves.

At the critical moment of life and death, Zhu Qiugui shed a handful of bitter tears and tremblingly held out the silver.

"The country is turbulent, and this king also feels the same. The only way to donate all your wealth is to help."

Looking at the mere 3000 taels of silver, Cai Maode and others almost vomited blood on the spot.

As expected of the feudal lord of the old Zhu's family, he loves money like his life when his death is imminent.

Cai Maode was pleased with Xiao Suo, and handed over 3000 taels of silver to Ti Xue Li Zhisheng.

"Master Li, I will leave the corresponding rewards to you."

Li Zhisheng came down from the order, looked at the 3000 taels of silver, and felt that the whiteness was extraordinarily dazzling.

With so many officers and soldiers defending the city, 3000 taels of silver might not be enough.

For now...

He put the silver in his pocket properly, and then produced the merit note.

The officers and soldiers defending the city didn't have much morale, so one can imagine how they felt when they saw the waste paper in their hands.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the lunar new year, Zhang Xiong, the governor of the Biaoying Pi, opened the new south gate and surrendered to the Shun army.

The Dashun army swarmed in, and Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, fell easily without experiencing any war.

Zhu Qiugui was captured alive, Cai Maode committed suicide, the chief envoy Zhao Jianji, Xunning Dao Bi Gongchen, Shouning Dao Mao Bingwen, Liang Dao Lin Gangzhong, Taiyuan prefect Sun Kangzhou were executed.

The only way to defend him is to learn from Li Zhisheng's eloquent words.

"This Dao has been in office for three months, but has not yet entered the examination shed."

Han Lin, a literati who surrendered to the Shun army, praised him, saying that he was a scholar of the world.

Li Zhisheng, who was greedy for money, was lucky enough to survive.

Li Zicheng stayed in Taiyuan for eight days, resting his troops and dispatching officials to bring Shanxi into the rule of Dashun.

After the rear is stabilized, continue to march towards the capital.

Just after setting off from Taiyuan, Li Zicheng issued the imperial edict of the first year of Yongchang.

In this edict, he formally persuaded Chongzhen to surrender.Obviously in his eyes, Daming is already in his pocket.

After Taiyuan, the Shun army encountered resistance in Ningwu.

This was also the only decent resistance from the Ming Dynasty during the entire march.

General Zhou Yuji was extremely stubborn and would rather die than surrender, planning to be a loyal minister and martyr of the Ming Dynasty.

The entire offensive and defensive battle of Ningwu was lacklustre. The strength gap between the two sides was too great. The city didn't last long before being breached by the Shun army.

Zhou Yuji had fulfilled his wish and was buried with the soon-to-be-collapsed Ming Dynasty.

Next is Datong.

The civil servants in the city wanted to defend the city desperately, but Jiang Yu, the general soldier, was very cunning and directly opened the city gate to surrender.

This person has no position to speak of in the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty, just like a reed blown by the wind.

In the end, he died under speculation.

Datong, an important town on the nine borders, surrendered without firing a shot, which quickly triggered a chain reaction.

From then on, the Shun army marched eastward all the way, but they did not encounter any resistance, and some officials even went out to meet them for ten miles.

Similar to the North Road, Liu Fangliang's march on the South Road was also very smooth.

In early March, they swept across southern Shanxi and northern Henan, and captured Zhangde Mansion and Daming Mansion.

But here, Liu Fangliang became much more cautious.

"Is Xia Guo over there?"

Surrounded by his generals, Liu Fangliang climbed high and looked eastward.

On the far horizon, there are clear boundaries on the flat land.

The same land is divided by endless stretches of barbed wire.

Behind the barbed wire are various ditches, which are difficult for people and horses to cross.

Only a few trails in the middle are guarded by Xia Jun who is "outlandishly dressed".

The junction looked peaceful, with only a few Xia soldiers patrolling back and forth.But Liu Fangliang knew very well that there must be a terrifying army hidden behind this.

"General, now Dashun is my destiny, but these Xia people are trying to separate the regime, ignorant of luck. Let the last one be the vanguard and destroy it for His Majesty."

Zhai Feng was gearing up, wanting to start a war with Xia Guo.

Liu Fangliang was taken aback and quickly warned.

"Before leaving, His Majesty repeatedly explained that the first priority is to destroy the Zhu family emperor, and there must be no accidents. I think the Xia bandits will only live in peace. Although they are powerful for a while, they have no future. When Your Majesty has laid down the capital, Sitting in the Dragon Court, ordering the world to dare to disobey, the mere Xia thief wants to be wiped out easily."

The generals of the Shun army had no choice but to restrain their desire to make contributions.

Under Liu Fangliang's restraint, after the Shun army occupied the Daming Mansion, they just looked at Xia Jun from a distance, and did not provoke any trouble.

The border between the two sides was peaceful for a while.

After settling down, Liu Fangliang marched northward, approaching Baoding.

At this point, it was useless for Da Ming to struggle any longer.

In March, the Shun army invaded Jifu, and the capital was in sight.

Chongzhen finally understood that disaster was imminent.

At this time, he began to go to the doctor in a hurry, and he didn't want to let the ministers take the blame.

He began to award rewards indiscriminately, hoping that someone else would serve him.

He ordered Wu Sangui to be the Boss of Ping, Tang Tong, the general of Jizhen, the Boss of Ding, and Huang Degong, the general of Fenglu, the Boss of Jingnan.He quickly ordered Wu Sangui and Tang Tong to lead the troops into the Wei capital division, intending to make the last desperate struggle.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

It was already March [-]th when Wu Sangui received the edict and started to leave.

Seeing that something bad happened, the Chief Assistant Chen Yan didn't want to be buried with the Ming Dynasty, so he resigned unexpectedly.

Chongzhen went mad with anger and cursed loudly.

"Your death is not enough to do what you deserve."

Chen Yan didn't care at all. After returning home, he packed his luggage and planned to leave.

What's ridiculous is that he has too much property, and he hasn't finished cleaning it up for many days. In the end, he was blocked in the city by the Shun army.

In the end, even if 4 taels of silver was handed over to help the salary, although he did not suffer the flesh and blood like an official, he still could not escape death in the end.

The Shun army pressed on step by step, but the reinforcements were delayed.

Chongzhen finally panicked.

The feeling of the end of the world finally made him feel afraid.

In the past, he pretended to be strong, but in the face of the real threat of death, Chongzhen's mind was activated.

He thought of a way.

Moved south.

"I have thought about this for a long time, but no one agrees, so I put it off until now. Aiqing agrees with me, and I am very relieved. I have made up my mind to move south, and I am afraid that the ministers will not agree. After Aiqing goes down, I should discuss it with others in secret. , come up with a proper solution.”

Chongzhen secretly summoned Zuo Zhongyun and Li Mingrui, and expressed his desire to move south, hoping that Li Mingrui would unite with like-minded officials to build momentum in the court to facilitate this trip.

The knife is about to be placed on the neck, and Chongzhen is still playing tricks and doesn't want to take responsibility.

It has to be said that if he does not die, there is really no reason for heaven.

Originally, this matter was carried out in secret, but in February, Li Jiantai, who was personally recruited by the emperor, saw that he could not escape the guilt, and publicly proposed: "The thief is powerful and invincible. I would like to serve the crown prince to the south."

This is tantamount to making the intention of moving south to the public.

Not only disrupted Chongzhen's deployment, but also put Chongzhen on fire.

Chongzhen's original idea was to go south by himself, leaving the prince to supervise the country.

However, the ministers of the court and the central government were all afraid of being left to assist the crown prince, and would become scapegoats, and they would also be charged with losing the capital.

Another one, even if you drive south with you, you may be punished for proposing to move south.

So everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb, just not expressing their views.

As long as you don't speak, you won't take responsibility.

Chongzhen played himself to death again!
On March [-]th, the Shun army approached Juyongguan.

The capital has already begun to feel the breath of the Shun army.